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In the Philippines at least 7 civilians, including four children, were killed during a military operation against al-Qaida-linked militants on southern Jolo island.
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In Serbia Boris Tadic celebrated his re-election as president by pledging to stay on a pro-Western course despite nationalist anger over a looming declaration of independence by Kosovo province.
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In northeastern Sri Lanka a roadside bomb attack blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels tore through a civilian bus. 14 people were killed and 15 injured in the Freedom day attack. According to the defense ministry, the rebels have lost at least 913 fighters since the beginning of the year, compared with just 37 government soldiers killed.
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In southern Thailand a bomb exploded outside an Islamic boarding school, killing one person and wounding 12. A separate bombing wounded six people, in the latest violence attributed to an Islamic separatist rebellion that has entered its fifth year.
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Turkey’s warplanes bombed some 70 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.
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Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army killed 136 people and looted property during an attack in and around Kajo-Keji in southern Sudan. In March officials said Sudanese renegades frustrated with not being absorbed into the military -- and not Ugandan rebels initially suspected -- were behind the attacks in south Sudan.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the UN has transferred $161 million from the defunct oil-for-food program to a development program for Iraq.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1988 –
Carly Patterson, American gymnast
1988 –
Eoin McDowell, Irish rugby player
1987 –
Lucie Šafárová, Czech tennis player
1986 –
Mohammad Mahmudullah, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985 –
Bug Hall, American actor
1984 –
Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
1983 –
Jarrad Waite, Australian rules footballer
1982 –
Chris Sabin, American professional wrestler
1982 –
Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
1982 –
Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist
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February, 4
- Births
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2009,
Lux Interior, Frontman of the garage rock band The Cramps (b. 1946)
2008,
Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (b. 1942)
2007,
Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938)
2007,
José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925)
2007,
Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (b. 1959)
2007,
Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
2007,
Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
2006,
Betty Friedan, American feminist (b. 1921)
2006,
Myron Waldman, American animator (b. 1908)
2005,
Ossie Davis, American actor, activist (b. 1917)
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February, 4
- Deaths
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